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Kobe Bryant passed Michael Jordan (32,292) on the NBA's all-time career scoring list. With 5:24 left in the second quarter, Bryant converted a pair of free throws to tie and pass Jordan, putting the Lakers up 38-32 over the Timberwolves in Minnesota. Bryant moved up to third place, behind former Lakers Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (38,387) and Karl Malone (36,928). Abdul-Jabbar won five championships with the Lakers and six over his career. Malone was a Laker just for a season. Bryant recently said that his former teammate should be associated with the team he went into the Hall of Fame with, the Utah Jazz. "Just because he was a Laker for one year,...

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